Annual Dinner - November 7, 2026

By Karen Alexander Invasive Species are considered one of Canada’s greatest threats to the survival of our wild animal and plant life.  These species arrive, often accidentally, and establish in the absence of natural predators.  As a result, invasive species kill, crowd out, and devastate native species and their ecosystems. Invasive plants and animals not only threaten wildlife, woodlands, and waterways, but they cost Canada billions of dollars in losses to forestry, agriculture, fisheries, and [...]

By Tera Shewchenko, Invasive Species Centre In the summer of 2021, several sightings of invasive jumping worms were reported in Ontario, predominantly in home gardens. Jumping worms, species of pheretimoid earthworms belonging to several genera including Amynthas, Metaphire, and Pheretima, are native to East-Central Asia and had previously invaded the Northwest and Midwest regions of the United States. They can be introduced into urban gardens through mulch, compost, nursery stocks, or potting mixes from areas [...]

By Jennifer Nantais The Global Bird Rescue is an annual week-long event where citizens search for birds that have collided with windows in urban areas. The goal is to find injured birds quickly to get them the help they need and increase their chances of survival, and record all collision incidents, casualties and survivors. The purpose is to identify the extent of the losses taking place in order to mitigate hazards and make communities safer. [...]

By Laura Foy If you’ve ever subscribed to a rare bird alert notification, you’ll be all too familiar with descriptions like this, “Travel west 2/3rd of the way down Army Camp Road from Hwy 21, look for orange flagging tape on the fence on your left. Look for hydro pole 2146.” It gets even worse if there’s no roads involved, “5 in weedy areas near flooded fields, 2 at least along trail behind pond (north [...]

By Chris Hart In the Club’s continuing effort to support the fascination and exploration of nature by our community, we are pleased to announce the contribution of a bursary to a graduate student in the Biology department at the University of Windsor. This bursary was made possible by funds collected through sales of the Fish Book (more formally, The Fishes of Essex County and Surrounding Waters), and as such, has been named after its author, [...]